Intel is drastically increasing the number of CPU cores

The manufacturer sees the future in more and more processor cores, so it has begun to drastically increase their number.

Intel recently unveiled a working 48-core processor called the “Single Chip Cloud Computer”.

However, this CPU is just an experiment, a kind of experience gathering on how to drastically increase the number of cores. Surely everyone remembers when AMD launched the RV2009 graphics core video cards in 740, which gave them a lot of experience with 40nm manufacturing technology. Back then, the goal was the same as it is now with Intel, not to make a profit, but to gain experience, although let’s add that the said graphics core has also become a product available in the market.

Most of us would probably conclude that this is already being made on 32 square meters. In this case, however, this assumption is wrong, as the 45 nm procedure is still used here. The 567 square millimeter chip contains 24 dual-core Intel IA-32 "blocks". The term Intel IA-32 means nothing more than "Intel-Architekture 32-bit", i.e. 32-bit (x86) Intel architecture.

The prototype can handle a total of 64GB of DDR3 memory and using four channels. The cores communicate with each other at a speed of 256 GB / s. Consumption is more than impressive, as the 48 cores require only 25 watts at idle and only 125 watts when loaded. The clock signal of the cores was initially only shot at 1 GHz, however, thanks to continuous improvements, this value has already reached 1,6 GHz.

It should be noted at the outset that these processors are not intended for desktop use by the manufacturer, at least not yet. This development is a prototype, an experiment intended for various research institutes and universities. Intel has no secret goal of building processors with hundreds of cores in the future, even for desktops.